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Remove Headers

ItemDescription
Full Fuzzer NameRemoveHeadersFuzzer
Log KeyRH
DescriptionThis fuzzer will remove headers in different combinations. The expectation is that APIs will reject the request as invalid if required headers are removed.
Enabled by default?Yes
Target header typesAll
Expected result when fuzzed header is required4XX
Expected result when fuzzed header is optional2XX
Fuzzing logicIteratively removes headers in different combinations. The fuzzer will compute the power set of the headers set and remove each combination.
Conditions when this fuzzer will be skippedNone
HTTP methods that will be skippedNone
ReportingReports error if: 1. response code is 404; 2. response code is documented, but not expected; 3. any unexpected exception.

Reports warn if: 1. response code is expected and documented, but not matches response schema; 2. response code is expected, but not documented; 3. response code is 501.

Reports success if: 1. response code is expected, documented and matches response schema.
tip

When the RemoveHeadersFuzzer is running any security header mentioned in the headers.yml or supplied via -H will be added to the requests.